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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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