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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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