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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes 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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