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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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