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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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