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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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