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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major 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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