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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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