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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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