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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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