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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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