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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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