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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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