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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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