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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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