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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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