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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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