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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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