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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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