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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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