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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews 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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