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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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