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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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