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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning enable students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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