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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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