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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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