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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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