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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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