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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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