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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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