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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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