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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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