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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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