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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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