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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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