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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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