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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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