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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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