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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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