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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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