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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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