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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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