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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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