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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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