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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. 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. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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