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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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