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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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