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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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