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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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