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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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