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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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