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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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