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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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