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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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