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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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