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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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