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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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