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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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