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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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