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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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