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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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