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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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