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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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