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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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