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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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