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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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