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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. 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 massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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