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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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