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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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