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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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