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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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