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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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