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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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