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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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