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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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