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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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