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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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