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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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