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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important 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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