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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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