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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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