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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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