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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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