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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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