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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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