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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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