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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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