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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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