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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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