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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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