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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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