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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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