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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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