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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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