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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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