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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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