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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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