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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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