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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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