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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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