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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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