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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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