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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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