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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes 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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