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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies 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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