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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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