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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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