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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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