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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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