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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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