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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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