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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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