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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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