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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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