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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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