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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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