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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses 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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