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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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