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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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