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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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