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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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