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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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