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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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