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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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