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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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