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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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