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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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