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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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