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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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