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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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