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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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