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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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