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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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