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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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