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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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