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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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