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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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