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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. 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 massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines 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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