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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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