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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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