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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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