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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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