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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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