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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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