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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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