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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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