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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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