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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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