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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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