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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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