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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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