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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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