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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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