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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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