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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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