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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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