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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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