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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education enable students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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