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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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