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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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