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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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