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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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