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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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