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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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