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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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