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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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