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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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