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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today 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 stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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