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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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