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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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