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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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