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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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