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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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