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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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