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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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