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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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