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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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