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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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