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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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