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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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