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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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