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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important 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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