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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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