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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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