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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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