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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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