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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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