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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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