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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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