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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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