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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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