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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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