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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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