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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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