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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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