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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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