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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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