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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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