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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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