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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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