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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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