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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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