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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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