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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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