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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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