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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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