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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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