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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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