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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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