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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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