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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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