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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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