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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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