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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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