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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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