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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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