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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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