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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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