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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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