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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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