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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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