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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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