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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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