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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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