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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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