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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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