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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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