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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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