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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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