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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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