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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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