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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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