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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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