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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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