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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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