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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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