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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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