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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning enable students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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