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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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