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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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