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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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