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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the 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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