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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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