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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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