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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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