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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are empowering 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. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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