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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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