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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key 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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