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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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