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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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