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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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