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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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