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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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