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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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