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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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