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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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