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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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