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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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