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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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