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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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