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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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