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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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