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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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