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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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