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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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