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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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