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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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