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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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