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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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