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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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