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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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