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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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