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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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