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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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