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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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