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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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