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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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