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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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