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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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