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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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