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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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