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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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