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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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