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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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