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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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