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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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