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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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