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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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