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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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