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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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