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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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