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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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