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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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