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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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