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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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