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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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