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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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