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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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