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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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