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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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