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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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