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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning enable people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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