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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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