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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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