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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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