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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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