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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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