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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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