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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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