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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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