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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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