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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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