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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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