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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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