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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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