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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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