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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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