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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants 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. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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