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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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