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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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