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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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