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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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