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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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