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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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