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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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