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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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