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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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