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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This 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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