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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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