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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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