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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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