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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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