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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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