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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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