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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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