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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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