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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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