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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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