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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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