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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational ventures. People want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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