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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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