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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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