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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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