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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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