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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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