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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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