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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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