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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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