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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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