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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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