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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are empowering students all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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