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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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