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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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