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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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