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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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