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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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