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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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