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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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