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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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