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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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