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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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