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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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