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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the 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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