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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. 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. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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