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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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