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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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