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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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