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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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