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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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