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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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