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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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