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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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