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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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