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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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