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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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