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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the key 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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