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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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