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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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