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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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