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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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