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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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