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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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