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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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