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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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