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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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