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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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