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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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