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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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