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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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