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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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