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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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