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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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