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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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