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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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