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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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