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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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