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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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