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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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