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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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