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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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