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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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