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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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