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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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