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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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