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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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