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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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