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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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