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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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