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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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