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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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