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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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