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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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