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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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