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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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