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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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