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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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