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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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