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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education