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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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