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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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