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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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