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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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