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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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