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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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