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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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