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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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