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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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