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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth 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. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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