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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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