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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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