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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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