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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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