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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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