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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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