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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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