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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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