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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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