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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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