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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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