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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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