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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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