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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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