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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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