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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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