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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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