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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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