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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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