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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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