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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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