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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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