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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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