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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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