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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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