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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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