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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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