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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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