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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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