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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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