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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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