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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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