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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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