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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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