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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. 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. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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