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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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