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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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