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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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