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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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