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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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