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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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