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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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