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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key 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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