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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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