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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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