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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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