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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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