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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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