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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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