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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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