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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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