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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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