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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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