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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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