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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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