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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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