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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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