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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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