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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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