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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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