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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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