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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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