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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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