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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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