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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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