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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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