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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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