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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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