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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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