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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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