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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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