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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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