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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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