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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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