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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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