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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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