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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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