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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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