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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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