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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also researches the 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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