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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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