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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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