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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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