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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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